Another weekend in paradise...

I wonder how many people would actually think of Montana as paradise? I doubt many would choose that over Hawaii or Mexico, I probably wouldn't either, but those that have been there know that it's a close second. You don't often get to spend a weekend in water that clear that doesn't induce hypothermia. Banff is the only other place I've seen water like it.

I'm leaving at 3:30 today from work so I can get home and get on the road. Normally that would be cutting out of work early, but since the end of July I've been showing up at work at 6:30 AM and my body is slowly figuring it out. Luke and Ben are coming down tonight too but can't get away until 4:30. 7:00 AM is just too early for them I guess. I really like the early mornings now. There is no one on the bus so I get my own seat and it actually gets downtown quicker. Even if I live somewhere that I have drive to work I'm still coming at this time. It'd be so quick to get downtown. That plus for a majority of the year you see the sun rise. It'll be rough in the dead of winter but it's amazing during the summer.

Yo no hablo espanol...at least not yet. I'm considering taking Spanish 111 this year at school. It's a 3 credit fall class that I hope I can take in place of my crappy Classics course. Instead of 3 hours a week it's 5 hours. 1 hour Monday and Wednesday and 1.5 hours on Tuesday and Thursday. It seems like a lot but I really want to learn it. This is my last year so I should try to concentrate on the important classes. How much practice is it going to take? I guess I'd rather be under pressure learning Spanish than having an essay on Ancient Greek Technology. So...first step is to ask my student advisor, second step is to enrole...easy. I'm going to get a start early too. Nevin is downloading a couple spanish programs for me for my Ipod.

I've also been looking into DVD camcorders lately. I don't know why, I don't plan on getting one. I just don't have the money right now. What I'd like to have is a $900 Sony DVD video camera and a $600 video editing program. I could have a lot of fun with that. Wakeboarding videos, snowboarding videos, trips, friends, sports.

Speaking of sports, we're gearing up for another great season of Ultimate Frisbee at the U of A. Our team, The 12" Discs, is finally investing in some uniforms (aka cheap t-shirts). They're going to have nicknames and numbers on the back and, most importantly, a logo on the front. Lucas designed an awesome one this week. He's going to keep working on it for a couple days, my friend Tomoki might help out a bit. Next week we should be placing the orders if everyone can decide on their names. Once the logo is finalized I'll post the image. It's already super funny, and should only get better.

Mike out!